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BT names head of income & fixed interest

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... in trading US and Japanese markets and a good knowledge of the Australian market after managing Australian bonds, derivatives and foreign exchange for more than 15 years. Gor's appointment follows Emilio Gonzalez, chief executive at BTIM, consolidating ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... stronger parts of the rest of the world could save Europe. Recall that it took only mention of improvements in second derivatives and "green shoots" to effect a turnaround in investor psychology and economic agents that brought forth the world's recovery ...

J.P. Morgan strengthens local derivatives hub

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... Treasury & Securities Services (TSS) is set to grow its local arm by at least 100 new staff this year and improve its derivatives-related services in Australia. David Braga, head of product at J.P. Morgan Treasury and Security Services Australia and ...

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... underestimate the power of optimism." Back in the days of the GFC, optimism over "green shoots" or the improvement in second derivatives saved the day. Remember them? When less negative economic indicators were considered huge improvements? So be very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Germany's unilateral overnight move to ban naked short selling in eurozone government bonds, associated insurance derivatives and 10 major financial stocks added to a sense of crisis in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's later warning that stringent ...

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... "alternative alpha" as including underlying investment strategies that make significant use of short selling, leverage or derivatives, or which are narrowly niche-focused or esoteric in nature. His role will include development and launch of new strategies ...

FTSE partners for Asia Pacific IPO index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... performance of newly issued equities. Product providers can create exchange traded funds (ETF), index tracking funds and derivatives using the series. The FTSE Renaissance Asia Pacific IPO Index Series includes a rolling two-year population of IPOs starting ...

J.P. Morgan rolls out structured products to planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... cater to growing demand for white-labelled structured products. David Jones-Prichard, executive director of equity derivatives and structured products at J.P. Morgan, said rising investment markets has resulted in investors becoming more confident. But ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... and its executives Bill Sung Kook Hwang, Raymond Park and William Tomita from dealing in all listed securities and derivatives in Hong Kong after they discovered insider trading in another security, this time Bank of China shares. The regulator alleged ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... US$5 billion worth of Goldman's preferred shares. Talk about talking up your book! What happened to his criticism of derivatives being "financial weapons of mass destruction "? There goes my R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Warren. He's a mere mortal after all.